BREAKING!!! HYDROGEN GAS EXPLOSIONS OCCURRING ON MARS!

[Dog]

Can we move this to Extended News.....so others can see this classic in the making....Please?

[Jay W]

Ditto that move to Extended News. C'mon. Just for Halloween!

[Bitwhacker]

FR in 1938? Hey, they didn't even have computers in 1938 and...oh...umm...never mind.

[kayak]

Did you miss this post by Old Dealer (#14 in the original post)?

"I’m grabbing my kerosene-powered laptop ..."

;-)

[Mr. K]

LOL- brilliant! (but you have WAYYYY too much time on your hands..)

[LadyX]

Laughing wildly over all the names!

My favorite is Kaltenborn Again !!!
Used to listen to his news reports on the radio about the war as a child...
"...and to all the ships at sea" was the ending of the broadcasts.

[RightOnline]

Damned Martians. We send billions in aid, let their snot-nosed (or whatever they have that passes for a nose...............or for snot, for that matter) "kids" go to our best schools, and THIS is how those ugly little pric*s repay us! DAMN THEM!!!

[jaz.357]

Looks more like the JERSEY DEVIL!

[weegee]

Just reported on CBS.

I see that CBS is as dependable as always for getting to the truth and not causing unnecessary panic...

Where's FDR and why isn't he making the speech?????? This is terrible!!!!!!!

Some presidents handle moments like these well, while others do not...

[MarkWar]

>BREAKING!!! HYDROGEN GAS EXPLOSIONS OCCURRING ON MARS!

DON'T BE FOOLED!

This is just how JOHN WHORFIN is disguising his invasion by way of the EIGHTH DIMENSION!

(However, if you get a shot at the IPO of YOYODYNE PROPULSION SYSTEMS, remember: they are a growing excited company...)

Mark W.

[B-Chan]

My life will be Forver Autumn, 'cause you posted this thread. LOL funny! Thanks.

[MarkWar]

>DON'T BE FOOLED!

FYI, here's the link to: The Banzai Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Strategic Information

Mark W.

[Brett66]

Laugha while you can monkey boy!

[Bella_Bru]

Thank you, sweetie!!!!!!!

[Billthedrill]

Yeah, you may make light of this, but I'm keeping my Slim Whitman records close...just in case...

[MinuteGal]

Thanks for posting that Flash Gordon animation, Asmodeus, you darling! I have the complete set of original Flash Gordon movies and love 'em, especially the music. Am I in my second childhood? You betcha!

Leni

[IM4TRUTH]

Bravo, Mike! But I still think you're a Roosevelt/Hoover plant.

[GOPmember]

mikewats

member since August 18th, 1892

[mikewats]

Thanks very much to everybody for the kind comments.

A confession -- the reference to the Pittsburgh station broadcasting "Opera Without Music" is directly lifted from Rupert Holmes' classic, and dearly departed, TV show on American Movie Classics, "Remember WENN." It was one of the best tributes ever to the glory of old-time radio.

And if you'd like to hear a twist on "War of the Worlds," check out a GREAT re-adaptation online at www.reelradio.com. It was produced by Buffalo station WKBW in 1971, showing how the Martian invasion would have been covered by a top 40 music/news station of that time. To hear the Real Audio stream, search for WKBW and click on the link.

But be warned: if you're familiar with the sound of 1960s-70s AM radio, this will scare you half to death. It's even more f-f-frightening than the Welles version.

[Eaker]

SO do I take the cat out of the steam-driven microwave or leave it in????

;>)

Eaker